Medicated calcimine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MEDIOATED CALVICIMINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,051, dated April 12, 1887.

Applicnlion flled November 26, 1884. Renewed March 8. 1857. Serial No. 230,169. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. COSTELLO,

of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Im- 5 proved Medicated (Jalcimine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved calcimining composition, which, when applied, does not peal ofl, dries well, gives a perfect finish, can be applied easily, does not rub off, and kills vermin. V

The composition consists of Paris white or whiting, one pound; corrosive sublimate, oneeighth of a tea-spoonful; salicylic acid, one table spoonful; solution of Irish moss, sulficient quantity. to produce a jelly with the above ingredients.

Thesolntion of the Irish moss constitutes the binder in this composition, and the salicylic cimine composition from becoming moldy, either before or after it has been applied. The

corrosive snblimate kills insects and other ve'rmin.

acid and corrosive sublimate prevent the cal- Thecom position can be applied by means of 25 a brush in the usual manner; it dries very rapidly, shows no laps or seams, and does not peal or rub off. Before being applied it has and retains the consistency of a jelly, and does not harden or run or becomeliquid. The corrosive' snblimate and the salicylic acid im- 'prove the calcimine, but under certain cirwhiting, corrosive sublimate, salicylic acid, 0

and asplution of Irish moss, asherein set forth.

THOMAS E. COSTELLO.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, G. Snnowrcx. 

